Staff Security Architect

Job Overview:

Applied Systems, Inc., a worldwide leader in insurance technology, is currently searching for an Staff Security Architect to join our Information Security team. The Staff Security Architect will own standards and guidelines around AppSec and drive collaboration with teams globally.

What You’ll Do

• Develop strategies and operations to improve win rates for discovering, articulating, and demonstrating Applied’s solutions to deliver on specific customer requirements and desired business outcomes
• Identify and lead initiatives and programs to scale the organization and its operations for future growth
• Partner with internal teams to align on overall strategy and priorities and provide support for specific prospects, customers, and partners
• Drive the capabilities of an enterprise transformation, ensuring security is done holistically and in everything we do, and that the infrastructure is flexible, efficient, reliable, and secure
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Marketing and Services teams to provide feedback to improve products, services, and value messaging
• Establish an enterprise-wide process to evaluate security tools & vendors, maintain a catalog of approved and preferred tools, and assist business divisions with tool rationalization where feasible
• Develop and champion reusable patterns, practices, and enterprise reference architectures that fit within the overall Applied architectural direction
• Understanding and current on emerging technologies, industry innovations, and competitor technology positioning to define new or refresh existing strategic architectures
• Work with other Information Security leaders to provide guidance and expertise as it relates to the Security Program
• Work with other Information Security team members to establish Security Standards in alignment with the mission of the Information Security team

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• 10 years of business experience in planning, organizing, and developing Infrastructure and Cyber / Information Security Operations related capabilities
• 5 years of experience within medium to large enterprises
• 5 years of hands-on technology experience
• 5 years of people leadership experience; direct and matrixed
• 3+ years of experience with GDPR, HIPAA, ISO27001, PCI-DSS, or NIST CSF
• 3+ years of experience designing and deploying solutions in cloud
• Excellent and professional communication skills (written and verbal) with an ability to articulate complex topics in a clear and concise manner
• Expert level technical acumen, including the ability to understand the customer or partner IT landscape, identify opportunities and overcome any technical obstacles, ultimately influencing the adoption of preferred security architecture and security services in conjunction with business requirements
• Expert understanding of network and web related protocols (such as TCP/IP, HTTP, etc.)
• Expert level understanding of SDLC, Secure by Design, application development and infrastructure

What You’ll Gain

Benefits from Day One

• Health insurance plans, dental, and vision
• Wellness incentives
• 401(k) and/or RRSP retirement savings plans with employer match

Work-Life Balance

• Competitive paid vacation time and a free day for your birthday
• Personal/sick time
• Paid holidays
• Flex Time
• Paid parental leave (U.S. candidates)
• Volunteer time off

Empowering Career Growth and Success – We invest in talent, care about our people and are empowered by the results of our work. We grow our teams from within and give our employees opportunities to advance.

What We Value

We strive for excellence at every turn to be the best at what we do. We invest in talent, care about our people and are empowered by the results of our work. We fulfil the promise of insurance – safeguarding and protecting what matters most in people’s lives. And there is no more important job than that.

Our focus on the workforce, workplace and marketplace gives us a qualified individual in an environment in which they can be productive while we maintain our position in the industry. To help drive that change toward a vibrant, modern workplace, we have employee-driven networks with commonalities in ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and military status.

Who We Are

Applied Systems is the leading global provider of cloud-based software that powers the business of insurance. Recognized as a pioneer in insurance automation and the innovation leader, Applied is the world’s largest agency and brokerage management systems provider, serving customers throughout the United States, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, and the United Kingdom. By automating the insurance lifecycle, Applied’s people and products enable millions of people worldwide to safeguard and protect what matters most.

For 40 years, Applied Systems has led an industry we helped to create with a mission to continuously improve the business of insurance. From partnerships, acquisitions, and insurance innovation initiatives, Applied has focused on efforts to be the indispensable partner in our industry.

It’s an exciting time at Applied. You can do big things here, in an environment that supports creative thinking and bold ideas. Visit http://www.AppliedSystems.com for more information on how you can challenge what’s possible.

EEO Statement 

Applied Systems is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Diversity and Inclusion is a business imperative and is a part of building our brand and reputation. At Applied, we don’t discriminate, and we are committed to recruit, develop, retain, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.

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